collections

plural of collection
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Recent Examples of collections Some 37% of Gen Z women kept their collections on view only within their own households, compared with 16% of Gen Z men. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 The series is based upon Helene Tursten’s short story collections An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good and An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026 Even when sharing online, 36 percent of this generation restricts online access to their collections to private circles. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Even the most creative collections felt more grounded in reality. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 California’s post-pandemic revenue downturn shows how quickly state tax collections can change. — Chaewon Chung updated October 8, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Henry brings technique and wearability to collections where every piece feels special and personal. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 However, many of Borobudur’s other artifacts — including Buddha heads removed from their bodies — remain in museums in the US and Europe, as well as likely in private collections. — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Asking libraries to add Palestinian books to their collections, featuring Palestinian books in displays, programming and booklists. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collections
Noun
  • As the only Supreme Court case to date involving censorship in school libraries, Pico, while a limited ruling, did set out general guidelines still used today.
    — Susan Farrell, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The archive includes 168 autograph letters by the naval commander, along with battle papers, family documents, naval logs, and books from Nelson and Hamilton’s libraries.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Snow levels should stay above 10,000 feet, with lower accumulations expected.
    — Alex Lehnert, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by potentially harmful accumulations of two proteins.
    — Mike McRae September 03, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Using data from powerful telescopes, the show will send you zooming through space with images of star clusters, black holes and much more.
    — Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, several particles stick together and form larger clusters before sulfuric acid condenses around them.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Beginning in 1989, oil and acrylic paints gave way to olive oil, henna, tea, spices, and coffee, while animal glue, mud, and leather also shaped the group’s posters, paintings, and mixed-media assemblages.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Often these assemblages of items are tied together in a bundle or bag and may be referred to as hands, mojos, or gris-gris.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The team experimented with various mixtures of sand and glue, the latter made from gelatin and yeast.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Don’t worry about the chunky look to the newer potting soil mixtures, as this provides good soil aeration.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Food safety officials swept into the kitchen, scrutinizing the tandoori ovens and expiration dates on batches of butter.
    — Zishaan a Latif, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Zhou timed what happened between batches, and found that, during a six-hour changeover, only one hour was useful.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • After that, new products and assortments will be locally designed, developed and even manufactured in China.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Burlington has also taken steps to reduce its weather sensitivity, including strengthening its home products assortments.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • There simply wasn’t enough of either scattered across the piles, the team found.
    — Mike McRae October 06, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Nearby, the neat rows of grapevines and fig trees his family had tended for three generations had vanished under piles of rubble.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Collections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collections. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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